Wednesday, April 22

7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibitor Set-up

8:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration (limited staffing after lunch)

8:00 am – 4:45 pm Exhibitors

8:00 am – 10:00 am Dedicated Exhibitor Time

8:00 am – 10:00 am Coffee and Tea Available

9:00 am – 10:00 am Workshop Session A
Tentative Sessions:
A1: Financing College vs. Financial Aid
A2: Admissions Ambassadors For The Win
A3: School counselor turned college counselor - Now what?
A4: Small Colleges: Rethinking Bigger is Better
A5: Intro to Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

10:00 am – 11:00 am Mainstage: Opening Session – Student Experience Panel

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Workshop Session B
Tentative Sessions:
B1: Bridging the GAP: Career Pathways and College Access for First-Generation Students
B2: Welcome Aboard: A Pro”fresh”ionals College Admission Journey
B3: Introduction to Transferology
B4: As Brothers, As Hermanos Journey
B5: Come Fly With Me!

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Dedicated Exhibitor Time

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Workshop Session C
Tentative Sessions:
C1: Supporting Faith-Based College Choices
C2: Students as Near-Peer Leaders and Advocates
C3: Reimagining the Group College Visit
C5: Using Your Professional Skills to Pivot
C6: College Conversations That Connect
C7: High Schools Visits, The Great Disconnect

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Workshop Session D
Tentative Sessions:
D2: Advising Students on Developing Additional Materials Development
D3: From Silos to Success: Coordinated Transfer Tours That Empower Students
D4: The Power of Partnership: Collaborative PaCE Implementation
D5: Crafting Through the Chaos
D6: Still Got It: Turning Admissions Experience into Real Career Power
D7: Q&A With Our Big 10 Partners

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Mentorship Reception

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Past President’s Dinner

8:30 pm – 10:30 pm Entertainment


Thursday, April 23

7:00 am – 8:00 am Raffle Set-up

8:00 am – 3:00 pm Registration (limited staffing after lunch)

8:00 am – 4:00 pm Exhibitors

8:00 am – 10:00 am Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:30 am Dedicated Exhibitor Time

8:30 am – 9:30 am Mainstage: Keynote – Overview of Legislative Impact

9:45 am – 10:45 am Session E – HS/College Focus Conversation of Keynote

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Session F
Tentative Sessions:
F1: Supporting Students in the face of Legislative Challenges
F2: From HS to College with Accommodations -- a primer and a process
F3: Breaking Down the School Profile
F4: Year-by-Year Counsellor Roadmap: Guiding Students Toward Successful Applications Abroad
F5: "Teachers" and "Tutors" Working Together
F6: Empowering Students with AI

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm IACAC CONNECT: Engagement and Impact

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Dedicated Exhibitor Time

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Session G
Tentative Sessions:
G1: Building A Career That Meets Your Purpose
G2: First Gen Programming in High Schools - From Implementation to Evaluation
G3: Real Talk: Rankings, ROI, & ROE
G4: Short and Sweet? The Era of the Two-Hour SAT & ACT
G5: Maximize the Impact of Early College
G6: More than combines and cornfields
G7: Illinois College Fair Committee: Progress and Putting Students at the Center

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Session H
Tentative Sessions:
H1: Beyond the Content Warning
H2: Building Bridges to Ethical Admissions
H3: A Transfer Student Toolkit for High School Counselors: Understanding the Nuances and Resources to Support your Students’ Choices to Begin at a Community College
H4: Counseling for the Brilliantly Overbooked
H5: Transform Your School with Takeover Programs
H6: Keep Calm, Calculus or Not

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm IACAC CONNECT: Community and Conversations (Updated Conference Reception)

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Dinner and Awards Ceremony

8:30 pm – 12:00 am Entertainment


Friday, April 24

8:30 – 10:30 am Coffee

9:00 – 10:00 am Mainstage: End Note

10:15 – 11:15 am Session I
Tentative Sessions:
I1: Guiding Less Competitive Students Toward a Better Fit: Majors Outside of Business and Engineering
I2: "First & Foremost" - Story Beyond Numbers
I3: After the Acceptance: “Now What?” Guiding Students and Families Confidently Through Next Steps
I4: Lessons from the Lunchcast
I5: Setting School-Wide Post-High School Goals
I6: Exploring High School Outreach with Gies Business

11:15 – 12:00 pm Brunch